" When the looting starts, the shooting starts "(" If looting begins, the shooting begins "). Employed by Donald Trump Friday May 29 at 1 h 53 in the morning, while Minneapolis, Minnesota, had experienced a third night of violence, the formula will remain in the history of social networks as the first tweet of the American president to have been reduced in visibility by Twitter. For the first time, Donald Trump was subjected to a form of moderation.
Without removing the message, the platform placed it behind a notice explaining that it had violated its code of conduct relating to "Glorification of violence " Coming from an individual, the tweet would have been deleted. Emanating from the President of the United States, Twitter has given access to it, in accordance with its policy of taking into account the “ of public interest Presented in the messages of the heads of state or government. To view it, you had to click again, and it was impossible to retweet or respond to it.
An affront to the candidate president
A little later, Mr. Trump reposted the same message, this time on the official White House account. Without moving Twitter, which also masked it. A marked affront to the president-candidate, who uses the social network to communicate directly with his 80.6 million subscribers bypassing the media, Congress and his own administration.
The formula employed by Mr. Trump was no more outrageous than some of those which for three years had brought charges against him of racism or proximity to the far-right supremacist or conspiratorial. The president was referring to the violent protests that have been stirring in Minneapolis – and now other cities across the country – since the death of George Floyd, an unemployed black vigilante, pressed for long minutes face down, suffocating under the knee of a white police officer . " These VOYOUS dishonor the memory of George Floyd, accuses the tweet. I just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the military is entirely with him. At the slightest difficulty, we will take control but, if the looting begins, the shooting begins " " Thank you ", He concludes without specifying who exactly he thanks.
The rhyming formula "Lootings" (looting) and "Shootings" (shots) is very connoted. According to the archives of New york times, she was employed by Miami police chief Walter Headley in 1967 to threaten " thugs Who were demonstrating for civil rights. The officer made no secret of the fact that he was her "Equal" to see his agents "Be accused of police brutality " In the context of Minneapolis, it was seen as an invitation to repression.
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